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sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

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ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

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walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent

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paranormality; anomalous phenomenon

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foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse

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fear; terror

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anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

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to shed light; to cast light

2

moment; brief space of time

1

mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi

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around the clock; day and night

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narcissism; self-love

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advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist

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it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

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oneself; myself

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mask; disguise; guise; mask

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to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

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where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

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in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces

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confession

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at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

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to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

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to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

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moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

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wig; hairpiece; toupee

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innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity

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proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

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superficial; half-hearted; shallow

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beyond this point; from now on; after this

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speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

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bad habit; bad habits

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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

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strictly speaking

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to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

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decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

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to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway

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disregarding; ignoring

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materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

3

weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation

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to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby

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to cause casualties; to result in deaths

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to take (adopt) measures

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mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

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glancing (look)

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unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

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large army

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defense; defence; protection

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gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

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to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

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